Ok, I haven’t done Friday megalinks in a while and you’re owed them so I’ll do them in two parts, one now and the other tonight. I’ll do as many as I can here.
Of course, you can find the Weekend Viewing Picks right here.
National
First, Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Daily says the NFL is looking outside sports to fill its top communications and public relations post.
David Bauder of the Associated Press writes that ESPN set a record for online viewing with the USA-Algeria World Cup game.
However, Daniel tweets that CBS is challenging that claim.
USA Today’s Michael McCarthy has SNY’s Keith Hernandez opining on how to speed up baseball games.
Mike writes that the French World Cup team is taking a beating for lying down.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell tracks down what happened to the most famous sports bra in history.
Darren wonders exactly how much will not picking Butler’s Gordon Hayward in the NBA Draft will cost the Indiana Pacers.
John Eggerton from Broadcasting & Cable says DirecTV and DISH Network have both asked to pick up Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia which has been kept off satellite since its inception.
Mike Reynolds at Multichannel News writes that USA-Algeria has become the most watched soccer telecast in ESPN’s history.
The Sports Media Watch also looks into CBS’ rebuttal into ESPN’s claims about USA-Algeria’s online viewing.
SMW also has some ratings news and notes.
Southern New England media mogul Keith Thibault asks if CBS and ESPN can actually get along.
Joe Favorito looks at one minor league baseball team having some fun with the LeBron James free agent sweepstakes.
The Big Lead explores the possibility of Stephen A. “A is for Alacrity” Smith of gaining his own Showtime late night talk show.
Maury Brown at the Biz of Baseball writes that ESPN has tabbed Stephen Strasburg’s next start for Monday Night Baseball.
East and Mid-Atlantic
Bill Doyle of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette writes about a local Wiffle ball game filled with local politicians and celebrities that will be carried on local radio and will raise money for cancer research.
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post decides after over a decade, he’s going to go after ESPN2’s Bottom Line. Took you long enough, Phil.
Pete Dougherty in the Albany Times Union says Fox has made some changes to its Fox Saturday Baseball schedule.
Ken Schott from the Schenectady Gazette writes that USA-Algeria scored for ESPN.
Writing in the Baltimore-centic Press Box, Dave Hughes of DCRTV.com looks at John Riggins’ return to MASN.
Jim Williams from the Washington Examiner looks at the official radio station of Wimbledon, one that runs for only two weeks every year and one I enjoy listening to very much.
We’ll end the first part of the megalinks there. I’ll finish the rest tonight.
